SOUP: A play for videoconference

by Rachael Carnes

A couple attempts to navigate a new normal, over Zoom.

Winner: 2021 Young-Howze Theatre Award for best short play for Zoom.

A couple attempts to navigate a new normal, over Zoom.

Winner: 2021 Young-Howze Theatre Award for best short play for Zoom.

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SOUP: A play for videoconference

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  • Catalina Florina Florescu: SOUP: A play for videoconference

    Rachel's play uses simple ingredients to make us all feel safe and loved in the middle of everything being severely changed because of C-19. I said "simple" because I believe only gifted writers can achieve that. I'd recommend Soup warmly. Congrats!

    Rachel's play uses simple ingredients to make us all feel safe and loved in the middle of everything being severely changed because of C-19. I said "simple" because I believe only gifted writers can achieve that. I'd recommend Soup warmly. Congrats!

  • Marj O'Neill-Butler: SOUP: A play for videoconference

    A small drama with many big thoughts...fear for the family and self...a family separated by the virus, how do you stay connected? Sweet, sad and funny in it's own way. Everyone can relate having gone through this time together. Make the soup.

    A small drama with many big thoughts...fear for the family and self...a family separated by the virus, how do you stay connected? Sweet, sad and funny in it's own way. Everyone can relate having gone through this time together. Make the soup.

  • Stephen Kaplan: SOUP: A play for videoconference

    A beautiful play that perfectly captures the time we find ourselves in. Carnes quickly and effectively presents the realities of the anxiety and struggle to connect we experience as we're separated from those that we love. Her uncanny eye and ear take the seemingly mundane matters of everyday life and she spins them into perfect moments of poignancy.

    A beautiful play that perfectly captures the time we find ourselves in. Carnes quickly and effectively presents the realities of the anxiety and struggle to connect we experience as we're separated from those that we love. Her uncanny eye and ear take the seemingly mundane matters of everyday life and she spins them into perfect moments of poignancy.

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Character Information

Any two actors.
  • CHARLIE
    Character Age
    Adult
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Any gender
  • FINLEY
    Character Age
    Adult
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Any gender

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Center Stage Israel, Tel Aviv, Year 2020
  • Type Professional, Organization Connective Theatre Company, Chicago, Year 2020
  • Type Professional, Organization Project Y Theatre, NYC, Year 2020
  • Type Professional, Organization We the People Theatre Action, Los Angeles, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Bucknell University, Year 2020

Awards

  • Short-Form Zoom Play of the Year
    Young Howze Theatre Award
    Winner
    2021